Etanercept injection at UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital

1026 A Avenue N.E, Cedar Rapids, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1083708226

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$740.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$926.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$178.17 with Cigna/Midlands vs $1,134.93 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $178.17 ↓ -76%
Aetna HMO $420.57 ↓ -43%
Aetna PPO $420.57 ↓ -43%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $533.95 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare PPO $790.78 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO $790.78 ↑ +7%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $1,019.70 ↑ +38%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,019.70 ↑ +38%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,019.70 ↑ +38%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,102.50 ↑ +49%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,102.50 ↑ +49%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,102.50 ↑ +49%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,134.93 ↑ +53%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $1,134.93 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,134.93 ↑ +53%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital —
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital —

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Etanercept injection at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,473.03 $1,080.88 – $1,513.23
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $2,473.03 $1,034.64 – $1,513.23
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $2,473.03 $1,401.38 – $3,008.86
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $740.80 $178.17 – $1,134.93
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $740.80 $178.17 – $2,638.01
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